US6348853B1 - System for the supply of forge-proof information about an article - Google Patents

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US6348853B1
US6348853B1 US09/150,099 US15009998A US6348853B1 US 6348853 B1 US6348853 B1 US 6348853B1 US 15009998 A US15009998 A US 15009998A US 6348853 B1 US6348853 B1 US 6348853B1
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    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/08—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means
    • G06K19/10—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards

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  • the invention relates to a system for the supply of forge-proof information about an article and, in particular, to a system having two elements associated with unique information, both elements being connected to the article.
  • Machine readable bar codes comprising a plurality of line-shaped white and black areas are being used increasingly as replacements for concrete price markings on articles in department stores and warehouses. Bar codes are also being used to check in items of luggage at airports, for example.
  • a bar code contains a plurality of information contents.
  • One bar code developed by the UCC is referred to as the UPC (Universal Product Code).
  • This code contains information about the manufacturer of the accordingly marked article as well as a special line arrangement that enables the article and/or price information belonging to the article to be retrieved from a storage device in a clearly defined manner.
  • the code usually contains at least one check character which ensures that the code has been correctly read by the scanner (bar code reader).
  • This bar code reader is conventionally a laser scanner.
  • Bar codes are easy to forge. This is done most easily by photocopying the bar code, assigning the bar code a lower or higher price according to the particular purpose. Marking with a higher price is meaningful, for example, when the deposit is scanned in automatic deposit dispensers and a credit is booked automatically.
  • the known security element is constructed as follows. It consists of a first magnetic material of high permeability and low coercive force and a second material that can be permanently magnetized. The second material is differently magnetized in different zones. As a result of this different magnetization in different zones, the security element emits a characteristic signal in the field of an electromagnetic interrogating device, allowing unmistakable conclusions to be drawn about the secured article.
  • This object is accomplished in that the first and second information contents (I 1 , I 2 ) of the two elements are linked by a logic connection.
  • the first element is a security element which emits a characteristic signal in the field of an electronic interrogating device. It is equally possible, however, for the first element to be a bar code or some other element, provided this element is able to supply an unambiguous information content.
  • the security element has in an advantageous further aspect a characteristic signal shape that enables the assigned article to be identified unambiguously.
  • the characteristic signal can lie within a clearly defined frequency range. It is possible furthermore to make use of all possibilities capable of assigning a defined information content to the security element.
  • the second element is a bar code or some other machine readable code.
  • the first and second information contents (I 1 , I 2 ) of the two elements are a, compared with each other in a computing unit. It is only if the two information contents are in a predefined relationship to each other that the bar code's price information, for example, will be accepted as correct.
  • the system of the present invention is suitable for use in an automatic deposit dispenser, for example.
  • the 10 information content of the first element meaning the security element, enables an unambiguous statement to be made as to whether the article involved is disposable or returnable; if the characteristic signal shape reveals it to be a returnable article, the second element supplies the information about what type of returnable article is involved.
  • a check is then carried out to see whether the information contents of the first and the second element, meaning the security element and the code, are linked by a predetermined logic connective.
  • the article is not treated as returnable until the predetermined logic connective is confirmed.
  • this logic connection is created by having the characteristic signal display a defined shape and having this shape serve as proof of the code's authenticity.
  • This special shape is identifiable from the number of peaks, from the shape of the individual peaks, or from the frequency range in which the characteristic signal lies.
  • an advantageous further aspect of the system of the present invention provides for the first element, meaning the security element, to be integrated in the article or its packaging in such a way that it cannot be recognized, from the outside. This prevents the interaction of the two elements being destroyed by removal or replacement of the security element.
  • FIG. 1 is a representation of an article equipped with the system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the evaluation of the information contents of the two elements.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an article 1 equipped with the system of the present invention.
  • the article 1 is provided with a first element 2 and a second element 3 .
  • the first element 2 is a security element that emits a characteristic signal which is unambiguously assignable to a predefined first information content I 1 , in an electromagnetic interrogating field.
  • the second element 3 which in the embodiment shown is a bar code. This bar code is likewise assigned an unambiguous information content I 2 .
  • Both first and second information contents I 1 , I 2 are linked by a logic connective so that the information content of the second element 3 is accepted as given only if the predefined link to the first element 2 by logic connective is confirmed.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for the evaluation of the information contents of the two elements 2 , 3 .
  • the evaluation is performed by a computing unit 6 .
  • the program is started at point 7 .
  • the article 1 is equipped with the elements 2 , 3 .
  • the first information content I 1 of the first element 2 which is a security element, is read at point 8 .
  • the computing unit 6 is able to see whether or not the article belongs to the system, meaning, for example, that a decision is taken as to whether or not the article is returnable. If the computing unit identifies the article 1 as not belonging to the system, the article 1 is rejected at point 10 , and the program is stopped at point 11 .
  • the information content 12 of the second element 3 is read at point 12 .
  • the information content is compare with the information held in the storage unit 4 .
  • the program checks whether the predetermined logic connection exists between the first and second information contents I 1 , I 2 of the two elements 2 , 3 . In the absence of the logic connective, the article is removed from the system at point 15 , and the program is aborted at point 16 .
  • the properties of article 1 will be known from the first and second information contents I 1 , I 2 .
  • the article 1 will then be further processed at point 17 in accordance with the properties determined from the two elements 2 , 3 . In concrete terms for the case of a deposit return, this means that the deposit is paid or credited and/or the article 1 is sorted according to its properties.
  • the evaluation of the article 1 is completed at point 18 , and the program is stopped.

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